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Select your area of interest

Summary:

Define your project’s coverage by selecting a predefined area or drawing a boundary on the map.

Before you start:

Select the project service and country, and decide which area the service should cover.
Choose a predefined area when an available administrative boundary matches your needs. Use manual selection for a custom boundary.

Choose a predefined area when an available administrative boundary matches your needs. Use manual selection for a custom boundary.

Open area selection

  1. In project setup, open Select Area of Interest.
  2. Check Selected Service and Selected Country.
  3. Choose Predefined Area Selection or Manual Area Selection.

Select a specific predefined area

  1. Choose Predefined Area Selection, then Specific Area.
  2. Select the District or Region of your Area of Interest.
  3. Review the available municipalities under Predefined Polygons and select the area that matches your project.
  4. Check the boundary area in the table before continuing.

Changing the district or region clears previously selected polygons. Select the required area again and review its boundary.

Select a whole country

Choose Predefined Area Selection, then Whole Country. Check the country before continuing. This option uses its predefined country polygon.

Draw a manual area

  1. Choose Manual Area Selection.
  2. Navigate to the target area and zoom in to identify its boundary and landmarks.
  3. Use the drawing controls to trace and complete a polygon around the area.
  4. Confirm Total Area in sq km and the Latitude and Longitude of each point of the polygon by clicking on the Polygon Data on the map.
  5. Give the polygon a clear, recognizable name.
  6. Check that all required locations are inside the boundary and that unrelated areas are excluded.
  7. Correct the boundary or resolve any validation message before continuing.

Your selection becomes the project’s geographic scope. Review it again on the project summary before submitting the request.